THE LEGEND OF MAKAHIYA

CHARACTERS:
 Maria
 Maria’s parents
SETTING:
 Barangay Masagana (Pampanga today)
PLOT:
 Long time ago, there was a couple in Barangay Masagana (Pampanga today) who
wanted a daughter. Their wish was granted and the wife gave birth to a baby girl. They called
her Maria. Maria was very beautiful but very shy that she wouldn't go out from their house.
Weeks later, Spaniards came to their town. The Spaniards were very cruel that they get
everything they wanted. They rob houses and kill everyone who gets in their way and who
refuses to give what they wanted.
The couple was very frightened to lose their daughter so, they hid Maria in the bushes
so the Spaniards couldn't find her.
After the Spaniards left their town, the couple tried to look for Maria but they couldn't
find her even in the bushes where they hid her, instead they found a little plant that is very
sensitive that when you touch it, it would immediately close.
So they thought it was their daughter, Maria. They called the plant "Makahiya" that
means "touch me not," like their daughter who was very shy.
PROBLEM:
 Spaniards came to their town. The Spaniards were very cruel that they get everything they
wanted. They rob houses and kill everyone who gets in their way and who refuses to give what
they wanted.
SOLUTION:
 Maria’s parents hid Maria in the bushes so the Spaniards couldn't find her.
LESSON:
 “Be confident and let others know who you are and what you have”. The moral lesson in the
legend is about confidence. The mere fact that we are given life, that is something to be proud
and to be confident of. Though we, people, should not overdo it, it would not harm us to be a
little confident because the life we have should be shown to others and not to be kept to
ourselves.